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Gossamer
by Lois Lowry
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This poignant middle-grade fantasy by the author of THE GIVER concerns the power of dreams. The tiny, gentle dream-givers visit an assigned home at night, gathering memories from the owner's possessions through touch, weaving them into a dream, and bestowing that dream on the human who lives there. Littlest One, a young and ever-curious dream-giver, learns her trade from Thin Elderly, in the house of a retired teacher who has recently taken in John, a troubled eight-year-old foster child. Unfortunately, John is also the prey of the Sinisteeds, dream-givers gone wrong who inflict nightmares instead of bestowing pleasant dreams.
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9780739335277,
Digital,
Listening Library,
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9780385734165,
Paperback,
Delacorte Pr,
2008
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9781417819324,
Prebinding,
Bt Bound,
2008
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9780618685509,
Hardcover,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2006
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9780739335260,
Compact Disc,
Listening Library,
2006
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9780786289479,
Hardcover,
Thorndike Pr,
2006
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Media Reviews
"The prose is light as gossamer; the story as haunting as a dream." (starred review)
Synopses
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
First Line
An owl called, its shuddering hoots repeating mournfully in the distance.
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